If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.

I always react to news immediately. That's my business.

Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page.